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Nov 11, 2009 | 10:48 PM

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Detoxx03

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Interesting story. Glad you got it worked out

Nov 12, 2009 | 08:34 AM

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i didn't get sent any bolts with my pacesetters. I just reused the factory bolts and gaskets and so far everything seems fine. glad you found your problem. enjoy the new sound!!!

Nov 12, 2009 | 05:41 PM

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For what it's worth, I just installed Pacesetters on my car, just went out and pulled a supplied header bolt and compared it to an original bolt. They are exactly the same length.

Nov 12, 2009 | 07:01 PM

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what gaskets did you use?

Nov 12, 2009 | 11:30 PM

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yeah what kind of gaskets are yall running? i used the gaskets supplied by hooker, not sure what they were made of, but im going to retighten all of my bolts here in a couple of days...

Nov 13, 2009 | 04:34 AM

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what gaskets did you use?

I used the GM metal multi-layer gaskets.

Nov 14, 2009 | 10:06 AM

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I reused my stock gm header gaskets

Dec 1, 2009 | 07:07 PM

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I just Installed some Pacesetter headers yesterday, with the Texas-Speed supplied header bolts, and I am also getting noise as you are describing. I will definitely take a look at this in the morning.

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Dec 1, 2009 | 07:11 PM

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Texas Speed doesn't supply the bolts, Pacesetter does.

Dec 1, 2009 | 11:12 PM

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Hmm, maybe the bolts you used were measured assuming you had thicker gaskets?

...Just a thought.

Dec 2, 2009 | 12:15 AM

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stage 8 locking header bolts FTW!!

Good job, i really like reading posts from. You are very detailed. From the mod vs mod video, LS6 intake video and now this

Dec 2, 2009 | 02:02 PM

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I second torchd. Always good posts from you. Very informative and good to read.

Dec 2, 2009 | 06:05 PM

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did you make sure to tighten them in the right sequence. Ive always been told to start from the middle of the header and tighten evenly toward the outside.

Dec 2, 2009 | 08:16 PM

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did you make sure to tighten them in the right sequence. Ive always been told to start from the middle of the header and tighten evenly toward the outside.

Always a good practice to follow.

Dec 4, 2009 | 12:53 PM

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There was another thread either here or on another site about the same time I was doing my Pacesetters. He said his were too long also and had to reused the stock bolts. So I looked very hard at the length of the stock bolts and the ones that came from Pacesetter. From what I could tell on the set I got the pacesetter was the same length or a little shorter, so I used them.

However this is not the first time this has been posted, so anyone reading should look closely before using the bolts supplied with the Pacesetter headers.

Don

Dec 4, 2009 | 01:03 PM

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Atleast you got it fixed without stripping the heads out

Dec 4, 2009 | 02:33 PM

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Something to consider also is the flange thickness of the header as compared to the flange thickness of the manifold. If the two are not the same, even if the bolts are the same, there could be a problem.

Dec 5, 2009 | 05:56 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackhawk777

I second torchd. Always good posts from you. Very informative and good to read.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TORCHD 02 TA

stage 8 locking header bolts FTW!!

Good job, i really like reading posts from. You are very detailed. From the mod vs mod video, LS6 intake video and now this

Thanks guys! I appreciate that. I wish I could have done a "how to install headers video". But I didn't really know what to expect. Oh well, now I finally have my dream car, full bolt on ws6 with a tune.

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